 degree of latitude, where the twilight
is never of long continuance.
 
10 The reader will remember that New York was originally a colony of the Dutch.
 
11 The principal villages of the Indian are still called castles by the whites
of New York. Oneida castle is no more than a scattered hamlet; but the name is
in general use.
 
12 In vulgar parlance the condiments of a repast are called by the American a
relish, substituting the thing for its effect. These provincial terms are
frequently put in the mouths of the speakers, according to their several
conditions in life. Most of them are of local use, and others quite peculiar to
the particular class of men to which the character belongs. In the present
instance, the scout uses the word with immediate reference to the salt, with
which his own party was so fortunate as to be provided.
13 Glenn's Falls are on the Hudson, some forty or fifty miles above the head of
tide, or the place where that river becomes navigable for sloops. The
description of this picturesque and remarkable little cataract, as given by the
scout, is sufficiently correct, though the application of the water to the uses
of civilised life has materially injured its beauties. The rocky island and the
two caverns are well known to every traveller, since the former sustains a pier
of a bridge, which is now thrown across the river, immediately above the fall.
In explanation of the taste of Hawk-eye, it should be remembered that men always
prize that most which is least enjoyed. Thus, in a new country, the woods and
other objects, which in an old country would be maintained at great cost, are
gotten rid of, simply with a view of improving as it is called.
 
14 The meaning of Indian words is much governed by the emphasis and tones.
 
15 It will be observed that Hawk-eye applies different names to his enemies.
Mingo and Maqua are terms of contempt, and Iroquois is a name given by the
French. The Indians rarely use the same name when different tribes speak of each
other.
 
16 It has long been a practice with the whites to conciliate the important men,
of the Indians, by presenting medals, which are worn in the place of their own
rude ornaments. Those given by the English generally bear the impression of the
reigning king, and those given by the Americans that of the president.
 
17 Many of the animals of the American forests resort to those spots where salt
springs are found. These are called licks or salt licks, in the language of the
country, from the circumstance that
